NEIDHARD, CHARLES,
M. D., of Philadelphia, Pa., was born in Bremen, Germany, in 1809, and he is
a step-son of the eminent political economist and refugee, Professor List,
whom he accompanied in his exile to Switzerland and this country. The
professor's emigration was at the instance of his friend, General Lafayette :
and followed Dr. Neidhard's admission to the higher gymnasium at Stuttgart.

Commencing
the study of medicine with Isaac Heister, M. D., of Reading, in this State,
and continuing it for three and a half courses at the University of
Pennsylvania, two sessions of the Philadelphia Medical Institute, and the
clinical lectures of the Pennsylvania Hospital for two years, Dr. Neidhard
was seriously ill from over-application, after his graduation. He consulted
Dr. W. Wesselhft, of Bath, Pa., a personal friend who had adopted homopathy.
His own recovery and his physician's arguments led him in the same course.
As Professor List had been made United States Consul to Leipzig, Saxony, Dr.
Neidhard followed him, and there thoroughly mastered the study and became a
member of the Leipzig Medical Society, in 1835. He afterwards graduated at
Jena.

Returning
to America, in 1836, Dr. Neidhard commenced the practice of homopathy in
Philadelphia, and, excepting visits to Europe, has remained there
permanently since. His European visits were to the great hospitals of the
great capitals, to learn every advance. This knowledge he embodied in a
course of three lectures, that were published in the style of "Homopathy
in England, France and Germany, with a Glance at Allopathic Men and
Things." In 1837, he graduated at the Allentown Homopathy Medical
College, and received an honorary degree from the Hahnemann College of
Chicago. He was one of the original members of the American Institute of Homopathy.
Appointed Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Homopathic Medical College
of Philadelphia, he lectured regularly for three years. In addition to these
labors he has enriched the medical literature of the country, both as
co-editor with Dr. Hering, of the first Philadelphia Journal of Homopathy,
and as a contributor of much practical matter to Hempel's edition of
"Jahr's Manual," and of numerous articles to various journals
representing his own school ; the latter noticeable for their practical
character and exemption from theorizing.

His
treatise on "Diphtheria in the United States" is admirable and
exhaustive, and is regarded in England and America as one of the best ever
published ; and his essay, entitled, -Where do we stand ? How can
we best promote the scientific progress of Homopathy ?" was
published in the British journal of Homopathy, in 1869. In this
essay, he defends with signal ability his opinion that the similarity of the
remedy must correspond not only with the symptoms, but with the deeper
pathological state, as far as this can be ascertained, and that this is
essential to the success of the homopathic treatment. These views, based
upon a strong common sense, and written from thorough acquaintance with the
subject, have produced a deep impression upon the professional and the
public mind. Such a career is its own all-sufficient monument.